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SPECIAL REPORT
NOTE ON METHODOLOGY
This Special Report aims to analyze the Muslim Brotherhood organization as a global movement,
in particular their ideology and the key players involved in the movement as well as charting the
extent of their global reach. It seeks to present the facts and summarize them for use by both the
general public and researchers.
It is intended as an outline for the general reader and assumes no prior knowledge.
Every effort has been made to trace the provenance of sources and, where possible, rely on
primary rather than secondary sources. Key sources and links to further information are provided
in a bibliography at the end.
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The Muslim Brotherhood and the Nazi Regime
Muslim Brotherhood in Power in Egypt: 2012-2013
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INTRODUCTION
The Muslim Brotherhood (Al-Ihkwan al-Muslimun) has emerged over the past century as one of
the world's leading Islamist organizations. It is a Sunni, pan-Islamic organization based in Cairo,
Egypt1whose ultimate aim is the re-establishment of the global Islamic caliphate.2 The
organization is not a religious sect. Rather, the Brotherhood is a sophisticated social and political
organization seeking an all-encompassing role for Islam in the lives of its members and in the
broader society based on their interpretation of Quran and the Sunna (tradition). 3 4
The movement has a violent ideology as expressed in its support for jihad (holy war) against nonbelievers and in its desire to implement the hudud (punishments) proscribed by sharia (Islamic
law)5, but it has adopted a public policy of non-violence as part of its long-term gradualist strategy
in order to achieve its goals.6
Until recently, the Brotherhoods motto published publically was: Allah is our objective. The
prophet is our exemplar. The Quran is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our
highest hope. This motto is no longer displayed on official Ikhwan (Brotherhood) publications.
Figure 1 The Brotherhoods motto is written on the outer circle of its logo. The word beneath the swords
translates to Make Ready, which is a reference to a Quranic verse exhorting Muslims to prepare for
war against the enemies of Allah (Surah 8:60)
Officially, the Brotherhood renounced violence as a political strategy in 1971 as part of a deal with
then Egyptian President Anwar Sadat who needed their support against the Nasserists. 7 Since the
Brotherhood's founding in 1928 as an indigenous reaction to what they considered to be the
degraded status of contemporary Islam, they have played an active part in several major wars and
revolutions worldwide, from the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62)8 to Egypts Tahrir
Square revolution (2011).9
In these and other struggles they fought alongside broader coalitions but advanced their own
separate goals of Islamic rule and supremacy. They have branches in approximately 80 countries
worldwide and have been the leading source of inspiration behind other Islamist organizations
including Al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
SECTION I
IDEOLOGY AND STRATEGY
Strategy
The ultimate goal of the Muslim Brotherhood is the establishment of a global caliphate (Islamic
state), in which a caliph (monarch) rules in accordance with sharia (Islamic law). Although their
operational goals change according to circumstances i.e., the Brotherhoods initial goal was to
liberate Egypt from the British12 nevertheless, they still stay focused on their ultimate aim, and
all of their actions are undertaken in this context.13
They seek to realize their long-term goal initially by spreading the message of Islam (termed
dawa meaning proselytizing) and recruiting people into the organization. Later, this goal can be
achieved through violent means and jihad, if necessary.14
Slow and steady growth and a willingness to work within existing structural frameworks are
hallmarks of Muslim Brotherhood strategy. Their teachings go into detail about the importance of
establishing charitable organizations, educational establishments, sporting clubs and other such
institutions for the twin purposes of spreading the message of Islam and facilitating social justice.
Zakat (charity), in particular, is utilized for these purposes and is therefore a priority for the
Brotherhood.
Islamic education is given a key role. Most of the curriculum is textual study eg. the Quran and
the Hadiths the recorded teachings deeds and sayings of Muhammed. Education is particularly
focused on youth, which play an essential part in the Brotherhoods overall strategy. Youth wings
dedicated to the Brotherhood's ideology can be rapidly deployed to the streets when the
leadership deems it necessary to advance their interests.
Armed jihad remains an integral part of their overall Islamist ideology, although the group
officially renounces violence and members of the Brotherhood have not hesitated to use it when
they see fit. The founding bylaws explicitly state, "The Islamic nation must be fully prepared to
fight the tyrants and the enemies of Allah as a prelude to establishing an Islamic state." 15
Religiously, the Brotherhood adheres to Sunni rather than Shiite Islam. Within the Sunni sect the
Brotherhoods ideology differs from both Wahabbist and Salafi Islam in several key ways -- in
particular, in their willingness to work with other Muslim groups and their ability to temper
ideology with pragmatism.
The Brotherhood sees no difference between religion and politics. For them, there is only Islam
which they hold to be the only legitimate way of life and non-Islam. The ideal state according to
the Brotherhood is a theocracy governed in accordance with sharia law.23
The Brotherhood is opposed to secular Arab nationalism -- including both Baathism and
Nasserism which it regards as jahilliya (an un-Islamic state of ignorance which is to be opposed
and overthrown). 2425 However, they have been influenced by pan-Arabism.26
Brotherhood ideologue Sayyid Qutb gave the term jahilliya its modern meaning and explained it
in his seminal Islamist work, Milestones (see below).
Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna was inspired by earlier Islamic thinkers including Jamal
al-Afghani, Abul Ala Maududi, Muhammad Abduh and Rashid Ridah. 27 These intellectuals laid
the ideological groundwork for the concept of the modern Islamic state and are therefore known
as Islamic revivalists. Al-Banna synthesized and developed these ideas into what became Muslim
Brotherhood doctrine. He was also the originator of the idea that one should love death and crave
a martyrs end. 2829 This ideology is best encapsulated in the oft-repeated slogan of Brotherhood
affiliate Hamas, "We love death more than you love life." 30
Anti-Western Orientation
After Al-Banna established the organization, their first operational goal was to fight British
colonialism in Egypt. But their anti-Western sentiments were not restricted merely to Britain and
colonial powers; America was also regarded as The Great Satan and written about in very
negative terms by various Brotherhood leaders.31 The Brotherhood website at the time of writing
has a section on American news entitled, "The Great Satan." 32
Communism was also regarded as an un-Islamic imposition, although alliances with communists
have been formed at different periods in order to combat Western forces in various Middle
Eastern countries.33
MILESTONES
Milestones, written in prison by leading Muslim Brotherhood intellectual Sayyid Qutb (published:
1964), is considered by many to be the founding text of modern political Islam and the jihadist
movement. 34 It inspired generations of Islamic extremists including Bin Ladens mentor,
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, as well as the mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and the
Hamas terror organization. 35
Although the Brotherhood doesnt publicly endorse the book, Hassan al-Hudaybi, the former
Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood, ordered the book to be printed and recommended that it
should be taught as part of the Brotherhood's educational program. He is quoted on the
Brotherhood's Arabic website as saying, "With the blessing of Allah, this book strengthened the
hope I had in him [Qutb]. May our Lord guard him. I read it, and I read it again. Sayyid Qutb is
the hope that we want for Da'wah now, Inshallah."36
Milestones details Qutb's idea of the one true way of Islam, stressing the importance of violent
struggle against the 'infidel', the primacy of Islam and the glory of a martyrs death. It describes
any non-sharia system of government as existing in a state of jahilliya (the pre-Islamic state of
ignorance).37
As such, all non-sharia regimes, even those run by Muslims, are to be violently opposed. Yvonne
Ridley, the famous British journalist who converted to Islam after her capture by the Taliban said
that "the one book, apart from the Holy Quran, which has had the greatest impact on my life, is
Milestones.38
IDEOLOGICAL ROOTS
Islamic Revivalism (also referred to as Islamic reformism or modernism)
The Muslim Brotherhood is part of a broader movement loosely termed Islamic revivalism. 39 This
movement came out of the late 19th century in response to several interrelated factors. The first of
these was the relative military and economic weakness of Islamic states as compared to European,
especially British, empires.40 The second factor was the increased secularization of society, which
they held to be due to Western influences.
Thinkers associated with Islamic revivalism preached a fresh interpretation of Islamic texts based
on goals of pan-Islamic unity and the establishment of an Islamic state based on sharia law.41
Islamic revivalism is not, as many would have it, an old, traditional Islam, but a fundamentally
modern movement influenced by modern developments.42 Related scholars and movements
include the Young Turks (a movement in the 1870s) and the Wahhabis, a movement spread by
18th century theologian Mohammad ibn abd al-Wahhab.43
Salafism, the Brotherhoods closest religious affiliation, is a branch of Islamic revivalism. The
original Salafis were those from the first three generations of Muslims, and the term refers to
their perceived original purity of faith. The Salafist movement of today, as such, is a return to the
semi-mythical path of the original Salafis through a revitalized and rejuvenated Islamic
observance and unity. Aspects of the movement reject later innovations in Islam as corruptions of
the original faith. Modern Salafists, however, have no problem adopting and adapting Western
science for their own purposes.44 Much of Salafi theology is derived from the writings of 13th
century conservative Islamic jurist Ibn Taymiyyah.45
The growth of the modern Salafist movement must be understood in the context of a weak and
corrupt Ottoman Empire yielding to European aggression over the course of the late 19th
century.46 Eventually this weakness culminated in the dissolution of the caliphate in 1924 by
Kemal Ataturk (a secularist who founded modern Turkey) following the breakup of the Ottoman
Empire by the victorious Allied powers after World War I. In India and Egypt, British imperialism
and the failure of indigenous revolts encouraged the development of a new ideology in order to
deal psychologically with the humiliating situation of being subjugated. 4748
The early Islamic revivalists had a variety of views on violence and the West, and different
doctrines developed over time. The thinkers below influenced the early thought of Brotherhood
founder Hassan al-Banna and can be considered the forerunners of Muslim Brotherhood
ideology, if not all modern Islamist, Salafist and jihadi ideology.
Jamal al-Afghani -- Early founder of Islamic revivalism and pan-Islamic unity (born
1838/9 March 9, 1897)
Jamal al-Afghani claimed to be from Afghanistan, although evidence suggests he was from Iran.
He traveled widely throughout the Middle East and spoke several languages fluently. He agitated
against what he saw as Western imperialist influence and in favor of Islamic unity. He became a
Freemason while in Cairo in 1868 and moved throughout the Ottoman Empire and Persia
spreading his ideas. In 1884, while in Paris, he began publishing the Arabic newspaper Al-Urwah
al-Wuthqa (The Indissoluble Link) with his disciple Muhammed Abduh. It advocated pan-Islamic
unity and influenced later generations of political Islamists. Al-Afghani himself was more
concerned with the political rather than the theological concepts of Islamism. 49
Muhammed Abduh Disciple of al-Afghani (1849- July 11, 1905)
An Egyptian Islamic jurist and reformer, Muhammed Abduh became best known for his
relationship with Jamal al-Afghani and his role in founding Islamic revivalism. He published
newspapers, articles and books advocating al-Afghanis pan-Islamic and anti-British views. He
was expelled from Egypt in 1882 for six years for supporting the revolt of Ahmad Orabi (which
began in 1879) in his position as editor of Egypts state newspaper. He not only campaigned for
Sunni/Shiite unity, but also for cooperation between Islam, Christianity and Judaism, as well as
for acceptance of the Bahai faith in Egypt. Abduh influenced Rashid Ridah (see below) and
collaborated with him on the journal Al-Manar.50
Rashid Ridah Salafi and proponent of Islamic revivalism (September 23, 1865
August 22, 1935)
Rashid Ridah was very critical of the corruption of the contemporary Ottoman Empire and what
he perceived as the stagnation of contemporary Islam. He critiqued blind devotion to the texts
and encouraged study and interpretation of the original sources of Islam by individuals. In 1897,
he came to Cairo to write the weekly journal Al-Manar (The Lighthouse) with Muhammed Abduh.
He influenced Hassan al-Banna and other later Islamic thinkers.51
Abul Ala Maududi Founder of Jamaat e-Islami and credited with the idea of the
sharia Islamic state. (September 25, 1903-September 22, 1979)
A journalist from Hyderabad, India, he received an intensive education both in Islam and the
sciences. With the breakup of British India, he founded Jamaat e-Islami, Pakistans and later
Bangladeshs Islamist political party which had carried out paramilitary operations in order to
agitate for an Islamic state in Pakistan based only on the Quran and the Sunna.52 He argued that
a Muslim state was not an Islamic state unless it was governed in this way. Maududi went on to
influence Sayyid Qutb, and he and al-Banna read each others work. 53 Jamaat e-Islami is
currently listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department. 54
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The following three thinkers form the bedrock of Muslim Brotherhood thought. They were
influenced and inspired by the earlier Islamic revival thinkers (see above) and also by their unique
experiences and background. Although there have been other thinkers and streams of thought
within the Brotherhood, these three remain the most influential.
Hassan al-Banna Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (October 14, 1906 - February 12,
1949)
A schoolteacher from a rural town near Cairo, Egypt, Hassan al-Banna moved to Cairo in 1923.
His father was an imam, and he received a rigorous education in Islamic texts from a young age.
Al-Banna was influenced by Hanbali puritanism and was a member of the al-Hassafiyya Sufi
order. Al-Banna was also influenced by Rashid Ridahs journal Al-Manar. He became involved
with the Islamic Society for Nobility of Islamic Morals and the Young Mens Muslim Association.
As he grew older, he became increasingly disillusioned and resentful of British rule, particularly
its secularist influence on Egyptian society. He founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 in the
city of Ismailia with seven others.
Al-Banna built up the organization at a grassroots level, focusing on education and social work
centered around local mosques. The Brotherhood grew rapidly. It took part in the 1948 war
against Israel and the uprising against the British in 1952. Al-Banna was assassinated in 1949 by
Nassers regime for his alleged involvement in an assassination attempt on Nasser. 55
Sayyid Qutb Leading Muslim Brotherhood Ideologue (October 9, 1906 August 29,
1966)56
Initially more secular and supportive of Nassers coup against the Egyptian monarchy, Qutb soon
turned towards more extreme Islamist views. His writing was marked by an intense hatred of
America, particularly American women, which he picked up during an early visit there. He was
jailed in 1954 by the Egyptian authorities for involvement in an assassination attempt on
President Nasser and wrote his most famous piece, Milestones -- a treatise on political Islam
while in prison. He was released as part of a general amnesty in 1964 but re-arrested in 1965 and
hanged along with other Brotherhood leaders in 1966 after being accused of a second attempt to
assassinate Nasser.
Qutbs works continue to be influential to this day. Historian Robert Irwin dubbed him, "The
father of modern Islamist fundamentalism."57 58
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A written version of a full plan to recreate the caliphate through a 12-stage gradual plan was
discovered by Swiss authorities in a villa belonging to one of the main financiers of the Muslim
Brotherhood. The plan, called The Project, was written in 1982. 78 Similar plans have been
discovered in America by the FBI79, most notably the 1991 Explanatory Memorandum. 80 The
1991 memorandum was part of a collection of documents called the Elbarasse archives, and was
submitted as evidence in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial, the largest
terrorism financing trial in American history.81 82
The document reads The process of settlement is a Civilization-Jihadist Process with all the
word means. The Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is
a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and
sabotaging its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers83
Qaradawi himself also issued a strategic outline for the Muslim Brotherhood entitled Priorities of
The Islamic Movement in The Coming Phase. In the introduction he called on Muslims to
...contribute to the revival of the neglected faridas [enjoined duties] of enforcing the Sharia
[Islamic Law] sent down by Allah; unifying the Muslim nation around the Holy Quran;
supporting Allah's friends and fighting Allah's foes; liberating Muslim territories from all
aggression or non-Muslim control; reinstating the Islamic caliphate system to the leadership
anew as required by Sharia, and renewing the obligation to spread the call of Islam" 84
The various strategic documents which have come to light share the common goal of establishing
sharia law worldwide through a series of stages. The core of the strategy is based on building a
substantial population of ideological supporters who will carry out the necessary steps laid out in
the plan.
Each document breaks down the stages differently. Following is an exposition of the common
elements they share. These stages are also alluded to in statements by Muslim Brotherhood
leaders such as Qaradawi.
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The gradualism strategy exists in two simultaneous streams: (1) the gradual development of a
personal and communitarian Islam, and (2) the gradual spread of Islam into the political sphere.
The two are intertwined and broadly follow the following four stages: 85
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Dawa (literally means the call to Islam) Part I - This first stage is characterized by
education of Muslims. Here, the Muslim Brotherhood seeks to establish local study
groups among Muslims, teaching them the tenets of Islam and presenting a positive and
peaceful image of Islam, sharia and the Brotherhood organization. This first, non-violent
stage focuses on both the individual and the family. Mosque and community building take
place in this stage.
Dawa Part II active proselytizing through peaceful means of non-Muslims. This stage
is aimed at converting wider sections of society. During this stage, the Brotherhood
supplies literature, puts on conferences and spreads Islam through the host community.
At this stage Taqqiya can be used, an Islamist doctrine that allows Brotherhood members
to use misrepresentation as a tactic if they deem it necessary in order to achieve their
goals.86
Jihad violent, if necessary, to spread Islam. Jihad only takes place once there are
enough Muslims to wage it. This stage explicitly involves outward jihad, which is initially
defensive, meaning it is used to liberate Muslim lands. This is in contrast to inner
jihad which is a persons internal struggle against negative characteristics. Later, the
doctrine of jihad becomes offensive and is used to conquer the lands of the infidel.
Jihad can be waged either against non-Muslims or against Muslim rulers who are deemed
takfir (apostates) and thus unrepresentative of true Islam.
Khalipha -- the caliphate. This last stage is the re-establishment of an Islamic caliphate
and the extension of its rule throughout the world. The caliphate is to be ruled by a caliph,
a king who will rule in accordance with sharia law.
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As an example, the Muslim Brotherhood frequently uses the Western-based international legal
system. In their London branch, they have recently (as of Jan 2, 2014) employed a team of
internationally renowned British lawyers to start legal proceedings against the Egyptian
government, potentially in the International Criminal Court, for the ousting of Mohammed Morsi,
the former president of Egypt representing the Muslim Brotherhoods Freedom and Justice
party.89
In America Abdur Rahman Alamoudi, the founder of the Islamic Society of Boston (which one of
the Boston bombers attended) and the founder and President of the American Muslim Council,
has admitted to being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. 90 He was invited to meet with
several sitting US Presidents, including Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and was regarded by
many as a moderate Muslim leader. Since 2004 he has been serving a 24 year jail sentence after
pleading guilty to terrorism charges.91
GRADUALISM IN AMERICA
"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran, the
Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only
accepted religion on earth." Omar Ahmad, founder of the Council of American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR).92
The Muslim Brotherhoods strategy in America is not substantially different from that which it
implements in other countries. Initially it aims to establish and support the Muslim community in
America, providing them with outreach services and access to an Islamic education which
conforms to its extremist ideology. In this way they hope to co-opt the mainstream Muslim
community to serve their purposes. This is based around the same study group model that the
Brotherhood found to be so successful in the Middle East (expounded upon later in this fact
sheet).
However, given that in America, the Brotherhood is not operating within the context of a Muslimmajority society, it has modified its message to adapt to the surroundings.
They are not ideologically opposed to using democracy, the building of interfaith coalitions or the
language of human and civil rights as a means to advance their cause. On the contrary, in keeping
with the organizations strategy of gradualism, the Brotherhood takes on the forms and practices
of American organizations and democratic institutions in order to spread their message. As
written in the Muslim Brotherhoods 1991 Explanatory Memorandum: We must say that we are
in a country which understands no language other than the language of the organizations, and
one which does not respect or give weight to any group without effective, functional and strong
organizations.93
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To that end, the Brotherhood in America has set up a network of front (and allied) organizations
to help fulfill their goal of spreading the message of political Islam as the antidote to what they
perceive as a corrupt Western society. Moreover, by presenting themselves of the protectors of
Muslim civil rights, the Brotherhood has been able to deflect much criticism of their organizations
as well as political Islam itself by claiming that such criticism stems from discrimination against
Muslims, what they term: Islamophobia.
Abdur Rahman Mohammed, a former Brotherhood operative, recorded being present at a
Brotherhood meeting where the members decided to use the term "Islamophobia" as a political
weapon. Mohammed said, "This loathsome term is nothing more than a thought-terminating
clich conceived in the bowels of Muslim think tanks for the purpose of beating down critics." 94
In 2012, the Associated Press removed the term Islamophobia from its official style guide. 95
The aforementioned 1991 Explanatory Memorandum, seized by the FBI and used as evidence in
the Holy Land terror financing case, lists Muslim Brotherhood organizations and affiliated groups
in America as Our Organizations and those of our friends. Other documents and court
testimonials have linked these groups to the Brotherhood.96 By tracking those organizations and
splinter groups thereof, as well as other Islamic organizations founded by known Brotherhood
members or sympathizers, it is possible to gain an outline of the groups in America whose values
are broadly in line with those of the Brotherhood.97
For a more extensive listing of Islamist organizations in America, many of which are associated
with the Muslim Brotherhood, see the relevant section on Clarion Projects website. 98
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The Brotherhood maintains an active womens division, known as the Muslim Sisterhood, which
participates at an active level including on the front lines in the Egyptian revolution, in Hamas
acts of terror and in the Syrian Civil War. 118 119
Women can run for election in Muslim Brotherhood political parties, although not for high offices
such as president. Anything which is believed will tear women away from what is seen as their
essential roles as wives and mothers is not sanctioned.
Nevertheless, the Brotherhood couches their approach to women in the language of equality and
rights for Western audiences, despite their manifestly misogynistic views.
The Brotherhood has been the inspiration behind almost every Islamist group of note, including
Al-Qaeda and Hamas.123 Hassan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb both wrote extensively on the
importance of jihad and on the concept that the greater jihad is not the internal jihad against the
demons of the self, but rather the external jihad against the person and the lands of the kuffar, or
non-believer.124 125 The doctrines of dar-al harb (the land at war) and dar-al-Islam (the land of
Islam) feature in Brotherhood thought which refer respectively to the land of the infidels and
the land of Muslims. This doctrine holds that the lands occupied by the infidels are at war with
the lands of Islam until they are conquered, although it permits truces to be made when a lack of
military might inhibits conquest.
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These ideas were later modified by Brotherhood scholars in the West to introduce a third category
dar al-dawa (land of proselytizing).126 Indeed, the real difference between the Brotherhood and
more violent groups such as Al Qaeda or the Islamic State are tactical rather than ideological: the
Brotherhood simply does not believe that violent jihad is a realistic approach to achieving their
goals at this time. 127
It is always possible that they will decide to re-embrace violent terrorism as a strategy.128
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SECTION II
HISTORY AND IMPLEMENTATION
"The Muslim Brotherhood can be seen
as the parent of
contemporary Islamism, spawning
numerous and ideologically disparate
Islamist organizations in the Middle
East, including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
and Iraq; Europe; and North America."
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1971 May, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat releases remaining Brotherhood members in prison,
including Supreme Guide Hassan al-Hudaybi. Some Brotherhood leaders involved in drafting the
constitution. Sharia law to be one of the guiding sources of legislation. 144
1974 Brotherhood splinter group Islamic Liberation Organization stages unsuccessful coup
dtat.145
1976 As part of a deal with Sadat, Brotherhood permitted to start publishing Al-Dawah, a
journal, though organization still officially illegal. 146
1981 Sadat is assassinated by ex-Brotherhood members because of his peace treaty with
Israel.147
1982 Uprising in Hamah by Syrian Muslim Brotherhood brutally crushed by President Hafez alAssad, approximately 25,000 killed.148
1984 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak recognizes Brotherhood as a religious organization but
not a political one.149
1985 Hasan al-Turabi founds National Islamic Front, a Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood group. 150
1986 Muslim Brotherhood affiliate Hamas founded in Hebron. 151
1990 Brotherhood boycotts Egyptian elections along with an opposition coalition. 152
2000 17 Egyptian Brotherhood members win seats running as independents even though the
group remains banned.153
2005 88 seats for Brotherhood members in Egyptian general election. 154
2008 Brotherhood boycotts local elections in Egypt.155
2010 Brotherhood boycotts elections after Mubarak dominates first round using repressive
tactics.156
2011 January, Brotherhood endorses revolutionary movement against Mubarak and sends
members to join, although under strict controls.157
2011 April, Egyptian Brotherhood political wing founds the Freedom and Justice Party. 158
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2012 January, Brotherhood wins 47% in the Egyptian legislature. Salafist Al-Nour party comes
in second with 30%. The two groups form an Islamist alliance enabling them to appoint their
members for the 100-member Constituent Assembly.159
2012 April, Khairat al-Shater banned from running as an Egyptian presidential candidate due to
his previous criminal conviction (for funding the Brotherhood under Mubarak when the
organization was still illegal). Mohammed Morsi takes his place as the Brotherhoods presidential
candidate.160
2012 May-June, Morsi wins Egyptian election against Ahmed Shafiq, Mubaraks former Prime
Minister.161
2012 Morsi grants himself immunity from judicial review in sweeping power grab.162
2013 July 3, Morsi overthrown in a coup by General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi after protests by
approximately 15 million against Brotherhood rule.163
2013 - September 23, Egyptian government bans Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, its
assets seized by the state.164
2014 March, Saudi Arabia designates the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. 165
UAE backs the decision.166
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Husseini records in his memoirs, "Our fundamental reason for cooperating with Germany was a
free hand to eradicate every last Jew from Palestine and the Arab World. I asked Hitler for an
explicit undertaking to allow us to solve the Jewish problem in a manner befitting our national
and racial aspirations and according to the scientific methods innovated by Germany in the
handling of its Jews. The answer I got was: 'The Jews are yours.' " 172
The cult of death and martyrdom that al-Banna taught owes much to Nazi ideology.173 The
movement also borrows from European fascism such as its style of parading and extreme militant
youth groups.174
Al-Banna, as well as other key Brotherhood members such as Sayyid Qutb and current Muslim
Brotherhood spiritual leader Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi have expressed extremely anti-Semitic
views. Qaradawi was filmed stating his desire that the next Holocaust against Jews be perpetrated
by Muslims.175 Recently deposed Muslim Brotherhood President of Egypt Dr. Mohammad Morsi
called Jews the descendents of apes and pigs. 176
The Brotherhood has not made any statement rejecting anti-Semitism or apologizing for their
past association with it.
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On December 29, 2011, just before the post-Mubarak elections, Muslim Brotherhood Supreme
Leader Muhammed Badie made the following statement. The Muslim Brotherhood is close to
achieving the ultimate goal set by the group's founder Hassan al-Banna in 1928, which is the
establishment of a just and reasonable regime. Badie said that this process begins with the
creation of a sound government and ends with the establishment of a just Islamic caliphate. 177
From June 2012 to June 2013, the Muslim Brotherhood was in power in Egypt. When Morsi won
the presidential election with a slim 51.7% majority, 178 they completely controlled the Egyptian
political sphere, enabling the Brotherhood, for the first time since the group's establishment, to
begin to unveil their political platform in a tangible way. Initially, the international response was
positive. The regime was publicly backed by the Obama administration and many other world
powers.179 Morsi was even a runner-up for Time magazines Man of the Year for 2012.180
However, shortly after winning the election, the Brotherhood began to implement their policies
overtly and moved to rapidly consolidate their power, eliminating others from the political
sphere. They attempted to do this by placing Brotherhood members and sympathizers in top
positions in the judiciary and military, while firing independents. Through an alliance with the
Salafist al-Nour party, they dominated the legislative assembly, enabling them to control the
drafting process of the new Egyptian constitution.
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Took no concrete steps to prevent the widespread violence against minorities, despite
repeated attacks on churches and the Coptic Christian community.190
Failed to attend the coronation of the Coptic pope, despite professing intentions to defend
Coptic rights.191
Rushed through a referendum on a draft constitution without political consensus. 192 The
constitution was passed by 63.8%, but the referendum was accused of irregularities.
Because of low voter turnout, only 13.3% of eligible voters voted for the constitution. 193
Cracked down on human rights NGOs and their foreign funding.194
Failed to address rampant electricity blackouts, growing foreign debt, rising prices and
hunger.195
Refused to step down after 15 million Egyptians demonstrated, demanding that he
resign.196
The Brotherhoods short rule in Egypt revealed much about their goals and what they found
important.
Within one year, the Brotherhood had alienated the Egyptian people and the military to the extent
that over 15 million people took to the streets demanding their immediate removal from power. 197
In the end, the army deposed Morsi and the Brotherhood. Morsis attempt to solidify his power
and unroll the Brotherhood platform on a reluctant Egypt ultimately led to his overthrow. 198
Western supporters of the Brotherhood, in particular Brotherhood affiliates such as the Islamic
Council of North America (ICNA) and the Muslim American Society (MAS) say that Morsi was the
legitimately elected president and, therefore, deposing him was anti-democratic.199 200 Protestors
against Morsi argued that he betrayed the revolution and was implementing anti-democratic
policies.201 The army claimed that in deposing Morsi, they were acting in accordance with the will
of the people.202 For his part, Morsi refused all attempts at reconciliation with adversaries even
once protests against him had become widespread, and he refused to call new elections. During
this wave of civil unrest, the Brotherhoods headquarters were torched by an angry mob. 203
Since deposing Morsi, the army has banned the Muslim Brotherhood and seized its assets,
although the Brotherhood and its lawyers plan to appeal the ruling. 204 A new constitution has
been drafted.205 Morsi supporters have continued protests against the interim government some
of which have been violent in nature. On July 27, 2013 government forces moved to disperse a
sit-in by Muslim Brotherhood supporters at the Raaba mosque. 206 Accounts differ as to exactly
what happened. The Brotherhood claims that the army deliberately massacred peaceful protestors
while the army claims that the Brotherhood supporters had amassed arms at the mosque and
opened fire on the security forces. In any event, scores of Brotherhood supporters were killed.
Another sit-in was dispersed at the al-Nahda mosque in August.207
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Some commentators fear the brutality will lead to a resurgent Brotherhood as the police and
government lose sympathy with the people.208 The four-fingered R4bia sign209was adopted by
Islamists worldwide as a symbol of solidarity with Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood after the
confrontation at the Raaba mosque in Cairo. It is now used as an Islamist protest symbol and was
even used by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on several occasions including in
response to the decision by Egypts interim government to expel Turkey's ambassador.210
The Muslim Brotherhood is now listed as a terrorist organization by the Egyptian government. 211
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SECTION III
STRUCTURE & LEADERS
the United States and her allies
should do all it can to support Egypts
army and secular leaders, ensuring no
future for the Muslim Brotherhood. An
Egypt locked under sharia law and
oppressing women, Christians or Jews
would be a catastrophic setback for
progress in the Middle East. US
Senator Mark Kirk in a statement,
February 2011
212
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30
Members are governed by strict rules. For example, the chairman may not run a business relating
to the Muslim Brotherhood while in office to avoid allegations of corruption. He may select
deputies from the Guidance Bureau.
31
These units also participate in Muslim outreach work, spreading the influence of the Brotherhood
and their interpretation of Islam.
AFFILIATES
The Muslim Brotherhoods localized, grassroots approach has been replicated in Brotherhood
affiliates across the world, from Hamas to student associations in the United States. 221 In the
West Bank and Gaza, the Brotherhood gained many members by supporting the building of
schools and running of charities. In the early 1980s, they opposed violence in order to focus on
community building as the first stage in their gradualism strategy. 222 Hamas was then founded in
1986.223 In other countries, the Brotherhood, free of centralized authority, choose their own
country-specific strategy. For example, in Syria, the Brotherhood is fighting on the rebel side in
the ongoing civil war. In Morocco, the Brotherhood has declared its support for King Mohammed
VI.224
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Algeria Took part in the Algerian war of independence against France. Now exists as the
Movement for the Society of Peace.225
Bahrain Al-Eslah Society with political wing Al-Menbah Islamic Society.226 Won 4 out
of 40 seats in 2006 election. Helped block ratification of International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights.227
Gaza Strip and the West Bank Muslim Brotherhood affiliate Hamas controls the Gaza
strip.228
Iraq Iraqi Islamic Party. Now part of the Sunni Mutahidoun list which together gained
23 seats in the 2014 election. Yekgirtu, the Kurdistan Islamic Union has 4 seats, and has
ties with the Brotherhood party.229 230 231 232
Jordan Political representation as the Islamic Action Front. 5.5% in the Jordanian
Parliament.233
Libya Justice and Construction Party.235 Won 10% in 2012 elections.236 In the 2014
elections party lists were forbidden but analysts say that around 30 seats were won by
Islamists including the Brotherhood.237
Morocco Justice and Development Party. Affiliated with the Brotherhood but has
disavowed Egyptian Brotherhood in recent years and heavily supports the king. 238
Qatar Brotherhood exiles including Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and spiritual leader
Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi have found a haven in Qatar and are supported in the stateowned media, Al-Jazeera. In March 2014 Saudi Arabia threatened to close its border with
Qatar unless its support for the Muslim Brotherhood ends. 239
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Somalia Exists as al-Islah, broadly non-violent. The Brotherhood has also inspired
other Islamist movements that operate in Somalia. President Obama recognized and has
considered arming al-Islah.241
Sudan Muslim Brotherhood closely affiliated with the government since the 1989 coup.
An offshoot called the National Islamic Front also wields power. Links with terrorist
groups and the genocide in Darfur.
Syria Currently fighting on the rebel side in the civil war. 242
UK Brotherhood operates media center and its English website from London.245
Brotherhood affiliates took over the notoriously extremist Finsbury Park Mosque after the
removal of radical preacher Abu Hamza. Relationships with numerous British Islamic
organizations.246
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Brotherhood currently being repressed by the regime.
Over 100 members awaiting trial.247
USA Debate concerning reach and role in USA, conducts interfaith and outreach work
through the medium of front groups, some of which were implicated in Holy Land
Foundation terrorism financing trial. Produced 'Explanatory Memorandum' laying out a
strategy for civilization-jihad.248 249
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Contemporary Leaders
Mohammed Morsi Leader of the Egyptian Brotherhoods Freedom and Justice Party
and former president of Egypt. Deposed by General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after Morsis rule
became widely hated, inciting a popular uprising. Currently sentenced to death on various
charges including inciting the murder of protesters and "espionage and conspiring to commit
terrorist acts in Egypt with the Palestinian movement Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and
Iran's Revolutionary Guards."261262
Mohammed Badie - Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, perceived as weak and
malleable. It is thought that other senior members control the real decision making. He has
been sentenced to death in June and life in prison in September, although the death
sentence is subject to appeal.263
Mahmoud Ezzat Former deputy Supreme Guide, took over as interim leader after the
arrest of Badie by the military. He is married to the daughter of previous Supreme Guide
Mahdi Akef. 264
Khairat al-Shater Viewed by many as the Brotherhoods strategic advisor and chief
financier, al-Shater was the original Brotherhood nominee for president of Egypt. He was
disqualified, however, on an administrative technicality, having served time in prison under
Mubarak for financing the Brotherhood, which was at the time illegal. He is currently
standing trial.265
Mahmoud Ghozlan Brotherhood spokesperson. Married to the sister of al-Shater. He is
currently standing trial.266
Abdullah Azzam, Osama Bin Ladens Mentor Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood member,
nicknamed the Father of Global Jihad. He has been described as a disciple of Sayyid Qutb.
Persuaded Bin Laden to go to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets and co-founded Al-Qaeda with
him.268269 Wrote a guide to global jihad.270
Ayman al-Zawahiri, joined the Brotherhood at age 14, current Al Qaeda head. 271
Anwar al-Awlaki who inspired the 2009 Fort Hood killings, among other attacks, was
president of the Muslim Students Association, a Muslim Brotherhood affiliate, while at
Colorado State University.272
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Papers on the Muslim Brotherhood by Leading Think Tanks
Scholarly research on the Muslim Brotherhood has been undertaken by a variety of different
organizations due to the groups influence and importance in world affairs. This research has
contributed significantly to the information presented here and is listed below for further
reference and the interest of the reader:
Egypts Muslim Brotherhood (Council on Foreign Relations)
Muslim Brotherhood and the U.S. Government (The Gatestone Institute)
Who's Who In the Muslim Brotherhood (The Washington Institute For Near East Policy)
Victory or Death: The Muslim Brotherhood in the Trenches (The Hudson Institute)
The Future of the Muslim Brotherhood (The Carnegie Endowment For International Peace)
The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria (The Carnegie Endowment)
Film Documentaries on the Muslim Brotherhood
Various organizations and film companies have produced documentaries and films about the
Muslim Brotherhood. A cross-section is presented below with the maximum variety of opinions.
The views expressed in the documentaries referenced here are the views of the producers alone
and do not reflect the views of the Clarion Project:
BBC
National Geographic
Walid al-Kubaisi
Frontline A PBS Documentary
The following films have been produced by state-owned media outlets under regimes with no
tradition of a free press and a clear history of supporting terrorism.
Al Jazeera Muslim Brotherhood under Mubarak (Qatar)
Press TV About the Future of Egypt (Iran)
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Islamic Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza: The Muslim Brotherhood and
Islamic Jihad by Ziyad Abu Amr
Islamism and Islam by Bassam Tibi
Raising a Jihadi Generation by John Guandolo
The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West by Lorenzo Vidino
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ENDNOTES
1
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/399387/Muslim-Brotherhood
The caliphate was a political and religious institution that unified the Muslim ummah (nation) under one
ruler. Although Muslims have not been united into a single state since 749 C.E., the caliphate remained as an
institution in various forms and under various dynasties until the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate by
Kemal Ataturk in 1924. The restoration of this caliphate was and is a goal for all Islamists. Calls for it can be
found in the rhetoric of numerous Islamist politicians. At a campaign speech as part of Dr. Mohammed
Morsis election bid for president of Egypt, Egyptian cleric Safwat Higazi addressed the crowd calling for a
new caliphate, saying, We can see how the dream of the Islamic caliphate is being realized, Allah willing, by
Dr. Mohammed Morsi and his brothers, his supporters and his political party. Transcript:
http://www.memri.org/clip_transcript/en/3431.htm, Clip: http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3431.htm. In
the writings of Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna, he states categorically, Islam does not recognize
geographical boundaries, nor does it acknowledge racial and blood differences, considering all Muslims as
one ummah. The Muslim brethren consider this unity as holy and believe in this union, striving for the joint
action of all Muslims and the strengthening of the brotherhood of Islam, declaring that every inch of land
inhabited by Muslims is their fatherland The Muslim brethren do not oppose every ones working for ones
own fatherland. They believe that the caliphate is a symbol of Islamic union and an indication of the bonds
between the nations of Islam. They see the caliphate and its re-establishment as a top priority; subsequently,
an association of Muslim people should be set up, which would elect the imam. Quoted from the Muslim
Brotherhood official English website http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=17065
3
As a young man, al-Banna became attracted to cutting-edge European theories of holistic education, and
he sought to incorporate these concepts into his system of religious education, albeit with an Islamic aim. In
his memoirs, for instance, al-Banna recalled the experience of opening the Brotherhoods first official school,
which was established in 1931 in the town of Ismailiya, above the societys first mosque. He expressed deep
appreciation for holistic educators like Maria Montessori and Friedich Froebel, saying that he could actually
picture them teaching in their own schools. Ehud Rosen, 2008, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology Vol 7.
(The Hudson Institute) http://www.hudson.org/research/9881-the-muslim-brotherhood-s-concept-ofeducation
4
The curricular basis of al-Bannas instruction in sincere faith was, naturally, the Quran and the Sunna. A
student was expected not to simply memorize the Quran but taught to internalize its lessons and principles,
at least as these were understood by the Brotherhood, so that he applied sharia in everything he did. Ibid.
5
These violent tendencies are documented in many places, included here are three broad outlines: Richard
P. Mitchell, The Society of Muslim Brothers (New York City: Oxford University Press, 1969), pgs 193-4,
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/193/5992.htm, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.cfr.org/egypt/egypts-muslim-brotherhood/p23991#p2
6 Screenshot of the Muslim Brotherhood website, advocating gradualism. Last accessed Jan. 12, 2014
40
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=799&ref=search.php
7 Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Council on Foreign Relations, http://www.cfr.org/egypt/egypts-muslim-brotherhood/p23991#p2, Officially, the Brotherhoods
position on non-violence remains unchanged. Recently, they released a statement condemning violence on their English language website after the Mansoura
bombing. http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=31480
8
Between 1953 and 1954, Sheikh Ahmad Sahnoun spearheaded the Brotherhoods Algerian branch, and the
group was notably instrumental in the revolution against France (1954-1962) using the Brotherhood doctrine
of an Islamic national identity to create a united front against the Western force. Mathieu Guidere,
Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalism (Plymouth: Scarecrow Press, 2012) p.239.
Time magazine also ran an article comparing the 2013 situation in Egypt to the Algerian Civil War, which is
of interest. http://world.time.com/2013/07/08/how-egypts-turmoil-echoes-algerias-bloody-civil-war/
9
The Muslim Brotherhoods official presence on the day of rage (January 25, 2011) was restricted to a
stand-in by 50 symbolic figures in front of the Supreme Court in the center of Cairo. However the youth
belonging to the Brotherhood were among those who participated in the protests demanding freedom,
dignity and bread. They participated in their individual capacities as youth, rather than as representatives of
the Muslim Brotherhood.
10
11
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/673.pdf
12
The Brotherhood earned legitimacy among its core constituency, the lower-middle class, as the most
effective organized resistance against British domination (1882-1952). Banna rejected the Western model of
secular, democratic government, which contradicted his notion of universal Islamic rule, notes Lawrence
Wright in The Looming Tower. Council on Foreign Relations Muslim Brotherhood Paper:
http://www.cfr.org/egypt/egypts-muslim-brotherhood/p23991
13
Reporting on then Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammad Badie by the Egypt Independent in
2011: The Muslim Brotherhood is close to achieving the ultimate goal set by the group's founder Hassan alBanna in 1928, which is the establishment of a just and reasonable regime. The project begins with the
creation of a sound government and ends with the establishment of a just Islamic caliphate, said Mohamed
Badie, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt on Thursday, in his weekly message on the
41
Da'wa is a mainstream Islamic concept not specific to the Muslim Brotherhood and somewhat akin to the
idea of missionizing in Christianity. It includes both the conversion of non-Muslims and the strengthening of
the faith of Muslims. It is particularly emphasized by the Brotherhood in the writings of their leaders and in
their organization and structure. The name of the Brotherhood monthly magazine until it was shut down in
1981 was Al-Da'wah. (source http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=799&ref=search.php) The
importance of Da'wah for the Brotherhood is mentioned by almost all major sources on the group, as well as
the groups own literature. The mainstream concept is explained here:
http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e511
15
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/673.pdf
16
"The movement of the Muslim Brothers has long been one of the foremost pillars of political Islam in both
its violent and non-violent forms. The group's ideology of a nizam Islami (Islamic system of government)
reflects an utterly totalitarian political agenda." Tibi, Bassam. Islamism and Islam. New Haven: Yale
University Press 2012. p9
See also Kuntzel, Jihad and Jew-Hatred. Kuntzel called the Muslim Brotherhood, "The ancestor of all forms
of Islamism" http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/hitlers-legacy-islamic-antisemitism-and-theimpact-of-the-muslim-brotherho
17
http://wwws.phil.uni-passau.de/poltheorie/Downloads/Hansen/Hansen_Kainz_Radical_Islamism.pdf
18
http://www.islamicsupremecouncil.org/understanding-islam/anti-extremism/56-the-globalization-of-
jihad-from-islamist-resistance-to-war-against-the-west.html?start=2
19
"Some leftists reinterpret Qutb's anti-Westernism as anti-capitalism and thus support Islamism out of a
mistaken belief that it is an ally against globalization." Tibi. Islamism and Islam. Preface, xi.
20
The Socialist Worker published this article supporting the rebels in Syria. The style is similar to Muslim
Brotherhood: http://socialistworker.org/2013/04/09/supporting-syrias-revolution
21
http://www.hudson.org/research/9881-the-muslim-brotherhood-s-concept-of-education
22
"Largely on account of his Leninist background, Qutb envisaged the establishment of an Islamic state by
means of a revolution led by a specially trained group versed in Islamic values. The project toward the
creation of such a group, indeed, can be seen as an attempt to replace Lenin's proletarian vanguards with
their Muslim counterparts. For Qutb, the salvation of Muslims, as well as the entirety of humanity depended
on an Islamic state that would represent a third way, i.e., an alternative to socialism and capitalism." Ed.
Thompson, Islam & The West: Critical Perspectives on Modernity. (Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, Inc. 2003) p45
42
23
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12313405
24
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/world/magazine/107238/baathism-obituary
25
http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Nasserism.pdf
26
http://www.aljazeera.com/focus/arabunity/2008/02/200852519420197834.html
27
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=17065
28
Kuntzel,Jihad and Jew-Hatred. He writes "This culture of death which extinguishes the instinct that
normally unites all human beings the survival instinct is something beyond imagination. It is something
George Orwell was not able to write about." http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/hitlers-legacyislamic-antisemitism-and-the-impact-of-the-muslim-brotherhood
29
Hassan al-Banna wrote an article in 1948 titled The Industry of Death. In it he talks about the glory of a
martyrs death and the importance of cultivating enthusiasm for it. Al-Banna writes, "Death is indeed an
industry like all other industries. There are those who do it well and know how to die with honor and choose
to die in the honorable theater and at the appropriate time. They sell the drops of their blood for the highest
possible price and gain through it the greatest earnings a man can imagine." http://www.terrorisminfo.org.il/Data/articles/Art_20567/E_144_13_3071796.pdf
30
but the phrase can be found spoken, written and disseminated by many leading Hamas figures and other
Islamists and is frequently heard at their rallies.
31
William O. Beeman, "The 'Great Satan' vs the 'Mad Mullahs', British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies ,
Vol. 34, No. 3, Iranian Intellectuals (1997-2007) (Dec., 2007) , pp. 423-426
32
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/tagBView.php?id=The%20Great%20Satan
43
33
The Brotherhood has traditionally hated any ideology that deviates from their understanding of Islam.
They hate communism, in particular, because it is both foreign and secular, and, like their brand of Islam, is
a universalist ideology seeking to impose its worldview onto them. Lefevre writes " Combatting Communism
in Syria was even listed by Mustapha al-Sibai [a Syrian politician and academic] as one of the most pressing
priorities of the Muslim Brotherhood, which had historically despised Marxism, seeing it as anti-religious
and a foreign doctrine not needed by Muslims because they already have a better one derived from Islam. "
Lefevre, Raphael, Ashes of Hama: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. (New York: Oxford University Press:
2013)
34
http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/sayyid-qutb%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cmilestones%E2%80%9D-
and-its-impact-on-the-arab-spring
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Tibi. Islamism and Islam. "No Islamist would call him marginal. Qutb is the rector spiritus [ruling spirit]
of Islamism, and the binary worldview he established is passed on to younger generations as an essential
part of Islamist indoctrination." Preface, p. xi.
36
translated by Clarion Project's in-house Arabic Analyst Ran Meir. The link provided is to the original Arabic
on the Brotherhood's website. A screenshot is also available on the Clarion Project website:
http://www.clarionproject.org/document/muslim-brotherhood-fmr-leader-qutb-endorsement-arabic
37
In mainstream Islam, the concept of jahilliya refers to the Arabian world as it existed before the arrival of
Mohammed. Qutb's expansion of the concept to include modern states that don't adhere to strict sharia was
his own innovation, partially building on the work of the Indian Islamist thinker Abul Ala Maududi.
38
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/PakistaniAwam/conversations/topics/3552
39
http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t253/e9
40
This refers to military weakness in particular, as evidenced by British and French colonial enterprises in
Hashmi, Sohail H. Islam, the Middle East and the Pan-Islamic Movement. (London: Palgrave Press,
2009)
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/FacultyInformation/shashmi/articles/islam%20middle%20east%
20and%20panislam.pdf
42
http://www.newstatesman.com/node/145894
43
http://historyofislam.com/contents/resistance-and-reform/shaykh-ibn-abdul-wahhab-of-najd/
44
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http://www.cerium.ca/IMG/pdf/WIKTOROWICZ_2006_Anatomy_of_the_Salafi_Movement.pdf
45
http://lb.boell.org/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/07/the_elevation_of_salafi_thought.pdf
46
For an excellent introduction to history of that period, see Quataert, Donald. The Ottoman Empire, 1700-
The Saudis revolted against Ottoman and later British rule in Arabia and Iraq, and uprisings against the
British were crushed in Egypt and Sudan. In 1919, Hassan al-Banna took part in the revolts in Egypt as a
schoolboy.
48
Bilveer Singh, The Talibanization of Southeast Asia: Losing the War on Terror to Islamist Extremists.
http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t243/e8
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http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e15?_hi=0&_pos=4
51
http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1979
52
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/03/bangladesh-party-leader-accused-war-crimes
53
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-
0129.xml
54
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2011/195553.htm
55
The Muslim Brotherhood's English language website provides a comprehensive introductory biography of
http://www.islamtimes.org/vdcf.ydjiw6dc17raw.html
57
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/01/afghanistan.terrorism3
58
http://gemsofislamism.tripod.com/milestones_qutb.html
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/frank-crimi/al-jazeera-star-death-to-apostates/
60
http://islamonline.net/
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http://themuslim500.com/profile/sheikh-dr-yusuf-al-qaradawi
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http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/17/138093.html
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http://www.meforum.org/530/must-innocents-die-the-islamic-debate-over
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http://blog.adl.org/international/qaradawi-doha-interfaith-conference-keep-jews-out
65
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/29/religion.uk1
66
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/oct/15/female-genital-mutilation-yusuf-al-
qaradawi
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Sir Salman Rushdie was knighted by the Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Northern
Ireland and her other realms in the Birthday Honors List of 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6222414.stm.
The move was welcomed by the intellectual community and added to Sir Salman's already extensive list of
honors and prizes that includes the Booker of Bookers Prize, the Whitebread award (on two separate
occasions) and the James Tait Black memorial prize.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jun/16/books.politics
68
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel-interview-with-al-jazeera-host-yusuf-al-qaradawi-god-has-
disappeared-a-376954.html
69
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/top-authors-denounce-500000-new-bounty-on-
rushdie-8145243.html
70
http://www.onislam.net/english/ask-the-scholar/shariah-based-systems/judiciary-and-police-
systems/169643-gradualism-in-applying-the-shariah.html?Police_Systems
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http://www.hizb.org.uk/current-affairs/problem-with-gradualism-egypts-military-coup-highlights-the-
problem-with-this-methodology
72
http://www.ikhwanis.com/
73
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/opeds/Zelin20130820-Jihadology-
BrotherhoodBreakaway.pdf
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Foreign Policy has done an excellent in-depth report on the Brotherhood's London branch.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/09/26/london_underground_muslim_brotherhood#sthash.p
odY1c3F.dpbs
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/3336/muslim-brotherhood-cleric-calls-for-gradualism-in
76
http://www.onislam.net/english/ask-the-scholar/shariah-based-systems/judiciary-and-police-
systems/169643-gradualism-in-applying-the-shariah.html?Police_Systems.
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/687.pdf
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http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/gradualism-islamist-strategy-victory
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http://www.clarionproject.org/Muslim_Brotherhood_Explanatory_Memorandum
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28476-2004Aug24.html
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http://www.clarionproject.org/news/holy-land-foundation-terror-financing-trial-documents
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http://www.clarionproject.org/Muslim_Brotherhood_Explanatory_Memorandum
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https://web.archive.org/web/20070504212834/http://www.witness-
pioneer.org/vil/Books/Q_Priorities/introp1.htm
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/2373/hand-book-shows-icna-true-goals
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http://crisisproject.org/egypt%E2%80%99s-muslim-brotherhood-presenting-a-friendly-face-in-london/
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http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/new-coalition-us-islamists-influence-politics
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The lawyers include Michael Mansfield, who represented Mohamed al-Fayed in the inquest into the death
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/boston-bombers-mosque-has-muslim-brotherhood-ties
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http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/treasury-department-tars-alamoudi-founder-of-the-islamic-
society-of-boston/
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http://www.danielpipes.org/rr/394.pdf
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http://www.clarionproject.org/Muslim_Brotherhood_Explanatory_Memorandum, page 12
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http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ground-zero-mosque-built-u-s-muslims-access-american-dream-
article-1.440737
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It was removed, along with several other words, from its official style guide on the grounds that a phobia is
an irrational, uncontrollable fear, often a form of mental illness and therefore unsuitable for use in
political or social contexts. http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/11/ap-nixes-homophobia-ethniccleansing-150315.html
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/3486/under-oath-alamoudi-ties-mas-to-brotherhood
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/737/forgotten-investigation-emails-offer-insight-into-iiit-probe
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http://www.clarionproject.org/islamist-organizations
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/737/forgotten-investigation-emails-offer-insight-into-iiit-probe
100
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/council-islamic-relations-cair
101
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/islamic-society-north-america-isna
102
http://www.clarionproject.org//analysis/international-institute-islamic-thought
103
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/muslim-students-association
104
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/association-muslim-social-scientists-north-america
105
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/muslim-american-society-mas
106
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/north-american-islamic-trust-nait
107 http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/islamic-american-university-0
108 The
Brotherhood made a public declaration on the subject. A screenshot is provided below taken from
their website. The article was dated March 14, 2013. http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=30731A
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/04/23/why_do_they_hate_us
112
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/oct/15/female-genital-mutilation-yusuf-alqaradawi
113
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/15/us-women-un-rights-idUSBRE92E03D20130315
114
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/world/middleeast/muslim-brotherhoods-words-on-women-stir-
liberal-fears.html?_r=1&
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115
http://www.globalgrey.co.uk/Books/Sufism/Status-Of-Women-In-Islam.pdf, p7-8
117
http://www.muftisays.com/blog/Muadh_Khan/3331_26-05-2013/shaykh-yusuf-qaradawi-ha-on-niqab-
and-quotinteractionquot-of-men-and-women.html
118
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/09/the-sisters-of-the-muslim-brotherhood.html
119
http://www.majalla.com/eng/2013/11/article55247035
120
http://www.clingendael.nl/sites/default/files/20080500_cscp_report_vries.pdf
121
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=22942
122
http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2013/10/29/militias-for-syrian-muslim-brotherhood/grhp
123
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/testimony/353.pdf
124
http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/resources/quotes/sayyid-qutb-on-jihad-and-mission
125
http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/379
126
Lorenzo Vidino, The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West, (Columbia University Press,2010) ch2
127
Quintan Wictorowicz, A Genealogy of Radical Islam, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, (Taylor and
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/11/egypt-brotherhood-change-politics-terrorism.html
129
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-97801953901550137.xml?rskey=5MoZIE&result=3&q=Islamism#firstMatch
130
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/399387/Muslim-Brotherhood
131
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/11/egypt-muslim-sisterhood-social-work-politics.html
132
133
Ibid.
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134
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/399387/Muslim-Brotherhood
135
http://www.islamdaily.org/en/islam/6965.sayyid-qutb-terrorism-and-the-origins-of-militant-.htm
136
Ibid.
137
http://english.hizbuttahrir.org/index.php/about-us
138
http://www.nmhtthornton.com/mehistorydatabase/nasser_assassination_attempt.php
139http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/07/16/echoes_of_nasser_egypt_muslim_brotherhood_hist
ory#sthash.7izOEsM7.dpbs
140
A good summary of the affair, which signified the end of British involvement in Egypt and highlighted the
decline of the British Empire and America's new position as the world's leading superpower can be found
here: http://www.economist.com/node/7218678
141
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~orr20l/classweb/worldpolitics116/pages/chronology.html
142
Barry Rubin, Islamic Fundamentalism in Egyptian Politics. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1990), p.15.
Many of the Muslim Brotherhood's current leadership were arrested and tortured during this time.
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/your-torture-still-shows-our-bodies-brothers-tell-nasser-sdefense-minister
143
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~orr20l/classweb/worldpolitics116/pages/chronology.html
144
145
http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4072
146
147
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1006.html
148
149
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/blogs/the-muslim-brotherhood-a-timeline/
150http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3190770.stm
151
152
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/1016/eg6.htm
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153
http://carnegieendowment.org/2008/08/20/egyptian-parliamentary-elections-in-shadow-of-
2000/6dk2
154
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/1016/eg6.htm
155
http://carnegieendowment.org/files/egypt's_local_elections_final2.pdf
156
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11935368
157
Al-Jazeera has the most extensive and detailed timeline of the Egyptian Revolution available:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/01/201112515334871490.html
158
http://www.fjponline.com/
159
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16665748
160
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17761955
161
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/201262412445190400.html
162
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/german-media-morsi-power-grab-a-move-towar-egyptian-
islamization-a-869320.html
163
The Washington Post interviewed General al-Sisi shortly after the event. He detailed his reasons for
http://rt.com/news/egypt-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-802/
165
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/03/07/Saudi-Arabia-declares-Muslim-
Brotherhood-terrorist-group.html
166
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-09/u-a-e-supports-saudi-arabia-against-qatar-backed-
brotherhood.html?cmpid=yhoo
167
Hitler had been much impressed by a scrap of history he had learned from a delegation of distinguished
Arabs. When the Mohammedans had attempted to penetrate beyond France into Central Europe during the
eighth century, his visitors had told him, they had been driven back at the Battle of Tours. Had the Arabs
won this battle, the world would be Mohammedan today. For theirs was a religion that believed in spreading
the faith by the sword and subjugating all nations to that faith. The Germanic peoples would have become
heirs to that religion. Such a creed was perfectly suited to the Germanic temperament. Hitler said that the
conquering Arabs, because of their racial inferiority, would in the long run have been unable to contend with
the harsher climate and conditions of the country. They could not have kept down the more vigorous natives,
so that ultimately not Arabs but Islamized Germans could have stood at the head of this Mohammedan
Empire. Speer, Albert. Inside the Third Reich. (New York: Schuster and Schuster, 1970) Chap. 6
51
168
http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/hitlers-legacy-islamic-antisemitism-and-the-impact-of-the-
http://www.esdp-course.ethz.ch/content/pubkms/detail.cfm?lng=en&id=39768
170
Hoare, Marko Attila. Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War. (C Hurst & Co Publishers, 2013) p 53
171
Kuntzel, Matthias. Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11. (New York: Telos
Press Publishing, 2007). Quoted in a New York Times review of his book:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/books/review/Goldberg-t.html?_r=0
172
Patterson, David. A Genealogy of Evil. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, page 41.
173
Kuntzel, Jihad and Jew-Hatred. The idea of martyrdom has a long history in Islam, based on earlier
Jewish and Christian ideas of sacrificing ones life to sanctify the name of God. Throughout history,
thousands have been willing to lay down their lives for their faith. Hassan al-Banna developed this concept in
Islam with a 1938 article entitled, The Industry of Death. In it, he says, to a nation that perfects the
industry of death and which knows how to die nobly, God gives proud life in this world, and eternal grace in
the world to come.
174http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2657/hamas_s_hitler_youth_style_movement_prepares_for_j
ihad
175
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2005.htm
176
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/9804498/US-condemns-
Mohammed-Morsi-anti-Semitic-remarks.html
177
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/brotherhood-close-achieving-its-ultimate-goal-says-badie
178
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/24/egypt-election-results-morsi-president_n_1622133.html
179
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/06/white-house-congratulates-egypts-morsi-127117.html
180
http://poy.time.com/2012/12/19/times-person-of-the-year-issue-cover-gallery/slide/runner-up-
mohamed-morsi/
181
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/9697347/Mohammed-Morsi-
grants-himself-sweeping-new-powers-in-wake-of-Gaza.html
182http://mideastafrica.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/12/13/islam_in_egypts_new_constitution#sthash.JI
ByQrCG.dpbs
183
http://rt.com/news/press-crackdown-egypt-mursi-996/
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184
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2012/07/release-of-islamists-convicted-o.html#
185
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/hamas-chief-meets-egypt-s-morsi-in-cairo-hails-new-era-
1.452281
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/world/middleeast/egyptian-leader-ousts-military-
186
chiefs.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/58934/Egypt/BREAKING-President-Morsi-sacks-
187
prosecutorgeneral.aspx
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/morsis-provocative-appointments.
188
Additionally here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/05/07/190613/mohammed-morsi-reshufflesegypts.html. Brotherhood members were elevated across the board under Morsi's rule, these are only two
examples.
189
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/17/morsi-appoints-islamist-governor-luxor
190
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/04/20134994910991737.html
191
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/58322/Egypt/Politics-/Bishop-Paul-President-Morsi-
will-not-attend-new-Co.aspx
192
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/29/egypt-new-constitution-mixed-support-rights
193
http://www.globalresearch.ca/statistically-examining-cairos-constitutional-referendum-did-morsi-
hijack-democracy/5320067
194
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2013/06/92988/ngo-law-becomes-test-for-egypts-morsi/
195
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/why-egyptians-are-so-unhappy-with-morsi-
in-one-chart/277511/
196
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/27/tamarod-egypt-morsi-campaign-oppsition-resignation
197
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/07/morsi-brotherhood-lost-egypt-bsabry.html
198
http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/09/23/what-path-will-egypt-s-muslim-brotherhood-choose/gnx6
199
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/america-islamist-groups-hold-rallies-morsi
200
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/04/egypt-coup-military-morsi-democracy
201
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/massive-protests-in-egypt-against-president-morsi/
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http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/83375/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-army-chief-says-will-
202
continue-protecting-pe.aspx
203
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/01/egypt-muslim-brotherhood-offices-civil
204
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/11/egypt-court-upholds-muslim-brotherhood-ban-
2013116101936365849.html
205
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/12/egypts-new-proposed-constitution-sabry.html
206
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/27/egypt-muslim-brotherhood-morsi-supporters-
killed?guni=Article:in%20body%20link
207
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/08/14/al-nahda-sit-in-dispersal-eyewitness-accounts/
208
Farid Zahran is sourced here, but other commentators have also discussed this issue.
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/12/11/will-the-muslim-brotherhood-return-to-the-political-scene/
Human Rights Watch has called for the army to halt the violence against Brotherhood supporters and
respect the rule of law. http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/08/egypt-halt-arbitrary-action-againstbrotherhood-media
209
http://www.onislam.net/english/news/global/464262-rabia-gives-muslim-world-new-hope.html
210
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=123562
211
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4114/muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-group
212
http://www.kirk.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=330818
213
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=817
214
Ibid.
215
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=17065
216
The Times of Israel interviewed members of Hamas in order to gain a picture of the internal day to day
http://www.timesofisrael.com/inside-the-muslim-brotherhood/
218
http://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/143790
219
This has been a feature of the Brotherhood since its foundation and was the principal means through
which Hassan al-Banna spread the membership originally in the groups early days. The first step in the
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Da'wa process is strengthening the faith of the individual, which is accomplished through study. The sources
on this topic are mentioned earlier in the document: http://www.hudson.org/research/9881-the-muslimbrotherhood-s-concept-of-education
220
http://www.arabwestreport.info/year-2012/week-25/47-muslim-brotherhoods-organizational-structure-
any-christian-similarity
221
The Muslim Brotherhood has branches across the world. Due to the group's secretive nature, it has not
been possible to show all of the Brotherhoods groups and affiliates, and even less possible to list all
Brotherhood-inspired groups. They attempt to coordinate between groups, but it is difficult to bring
disparate factions together. The Brotherhoods English website has an international section, which brings
news concerning Brotherhood activities around the world. Estimates of global membership are not possible
to give with any level of accuracy. http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/International-MuslimBrotherhood-establishing-new-organization-to-bring-Islamists-to-power-world-wide-327500
222
The original Muslim Brotherhood Palestine policy of non-violence is described here Mosab Hassan
Yousef, Son of Hamas. (Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, 2010.) The Moroccan Islamist
movement has disavowed their Muslim Brotherhood origins: http://www.almonitor.com/pulse/tr/contents/articles/politics/2013/02/interview-morocco-mp-benkirane.html#
223
224
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/world/africa/moderate-islamist-party-winning-morocco-
election.html?_r=0
225
http://www.hmsalgeria.net/
226
http://www.aleslah.org/eslah_wp/
227
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=136119
228
http://hamasinfo.net/
229
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/05/uncertainty-as-iraq-election-results-revealed-
201452611145311548.html
230
http://www.iraqiparty.com/
231
http://www.niqash.org/articles/print.php?id=2648&lang=en
232
http://www.kurdiu.org/
233
http://www.parliament.jo/en
234
http://www.icmkw.org/site/index.php
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235
http://www.ab.ly/ar/
236
http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/07/18/party-results/
237
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/169449/-libya-publishes-parliamentary-election-results.html
238
http://www.pjd.ma/
239
http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/12/01/muslim-brotherhoods-new-safe-haven-qatar-with-an-assist-
from-al-jazeera/
240
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/07/us-saudi-security-idUSBREA260SM20140307
241
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/15095-obama-paves-way-to-arm-
muslim-brotherhood-linked-regime-in-somalia
242
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-25/world/38807328_1_muslim-brotherhood-
brotherhood-s-syria
243
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2011-10-30/islamists-victory-in-tunisia-a-win-for-democracy-
noah-feldman
244
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/world/middleeast/tunisias-leader-resigns.html
245
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/index.php
246
http://www.aawsat.net/2013/04/article55298325
247
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/rise-and-fall-of-muslim-brotherhood-in-uae-1.1170002
248
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12823-2004Sep10.html
249
http://www.clarionproject.org/Muslim_Brotherhood_Explanatory_Memorandum
250
http://al-islah.net/new/
251
There are separate sections on the Brotherhood's English website for women and youth divisions:
http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/09/egypt-court-bans-freedom-and-justice-party-/
253
http://www.fjponline.com/
254
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=29390
255
https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/mariz-tadros/mutilating-bodies-muslim-
brotherhood%E2%80%99s-gift-to-egyptian-women
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256
http://www.ahram.org.eg/NewsQ/233696.aspx
257
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/151/82850/Egypt/Features/-Inside-Egypts-Muslim-
Sisterhood.aspx
258
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=31444
259
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=29391
260
The majority of this information was taken from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy report.
The names that appear also are noted in a variety of news reports concerning the Brotherhoods activities,
and most of the references given in this fact sheet contain the names of one or more of these individuals. The
Washington Institute list is far more extensive than the list given here. Only the most important figures were
included in this fact sheet. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/whos-who-in-themuslim-brotherhood
261
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24772806
262
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32763215
263
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/15/us-egypt-brotherhood-courts-idUSKBN0HA1IJ20140915
264
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/10253714/Egypt-crisis-
Muslim-Brotherhood-names-interim-leader-after-supreme-guide-Mohammed-Badie-arrested.html
265
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7468/17/Trial-and-punishment.aspx
266
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/113175/Egypt/Politics-/Hunger-striker-Soltan-ordered-
to-return-to-prison-.aspx
267
Accused of being the mastermind of 9/11 and a slew of other terrorist activities by the 9/11 Commission
Report. Terry McDermott, Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It. (New
York: Harper Paperbacks: 2006) p111.
268
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07272007/alqaeda.html
269
Thomas Hegghammer, "Abdallah Azzam, Imam of Jihad" in Kepel, Gilles; Milelli, Jean-Pierre. Al Qaeda
in Its Own Words. Pascale Ghazale, trans.(Cambridge, Mass.:Belknap Press of Harvard University Press:
2008)
270
http://www.kalamullah.com/Books/defence.pdf
271
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13789286
272
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/world/09awlaki.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0
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